DECATUR, Ga. —

A top level administrator at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and her boyfriend are behind bars on child molestation charges.

Police said it all stems from what they did with with a 6-year-old child.

DeKalb County police said Dr. Kimberly Lindsey, 44, and Thomas Westerman, 42, turned themselves in on Sunday after they learned warrants for their arrests had been issued.

Lindsey is a deputy director for the Laboratory Science Policy and Practice Program Office at the CDC.

Police said the couple molested a 6-year-old boy in January of last year and then again in August inside the couple's home on Springbrook Drive near Decatur.

No one answered when Channel 2's Tom Jones went to the home and knocked on the door.

A worker removing a storage unit from the couple's yard said he couldn't reach them either. The worker was stunned when he learned the charges the couple faced.

"I find it real shocking, 'cause, yeah, you never know who you're dealing with or where they're moving. That's a good thing to know right there," Ralph MacArthur said.

Police said the couple would include the child in their sex acts.

Investigators said Westerman allowed the boy to spank Lindsey's nude buttocks and let him use an electric sex toy on her.

Detectives said Lindsey also performed lewd acts on two pets.

Officers said a medical professional treating the victim alerted police.

"These cases are reported to us on a daily basis," DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said.

James couldn't talk about the case because it may come before his office. But he did say he has prosecuted many cases where parents abuse children.

"Oftentimes when a child is abused I can tell you that it's typically someone that the child knows," James said.

At last check, Lindsey was being held at the DeKalb County Jail on a $20,000 bond. She also faces a felony bestiality charge.

The CDC had no comment other than to say its policy is to let situations like this play out in the criminal justice system.

Westerman was released on a $15,000 bond.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/cdc-offic...hil/nD9QS/



Dr. Kim Lindsey, Supervisory Health Scientist, serves as the Deputy Director for the Laboratory Science Policy and Practice Program Office (LSPPPO) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She serves as second in command of the program office. Previously, Dr. Lindsey served as a Senior Health Scientist in the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR). The primary role of this position is oversight of the $1.5 billion fiscal allocation process for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response funding agency wide.

Dr. Lindsey served as Deputy Division Director in the Training Services Division of the Office of Workforce and Career Development, where she was involved in strategic planning and policy development for fiscal, administrative, and programmatic activities. As Deputy Branch Chief in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, she aligned programmatic resources with strategic planning goals, objectives, and initiatives. As an HIV/AIDS prevention project officer, Dr. Lindsey represented the branch on technical assistance to state and local health departments and other federal agencies and partner organizations. While a senior scientist with the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program, she reviewed all scientific protocols and provided technical comments to subject matter experts across CDC. Dr. Lindsey received her doctoral degree in immunology and molecular pathogenesis from Emory University and her bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from the University of Central Florida.

http://www.cdc.gov/osels/leadership/bios/lindsey.html

A match made in heaven.


******* sick *****...

Damn.

Living in the jurisdiction (DeKalb County GA), I'd be curious to know what was the basis for the warrant, and which judge signed it, etc.

(10-11-2011 12:47 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  Damn.

Living in the jurisdiction (DeKalb County GA), I'd be curious to know what was the basis for the warrant, and which judge signed it, etc.

Seems a little odd but you never know. One thing we do know though, it is all Obama's fault. Oh yeah, make it 2 things. DeKalb County Georgia and the city of DeKalb Illinois are not pronounced the same. :)

(10-11-2011 12:47 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  Damn.

Living in the jurisdiction (DeKalb County GA), I'd be curious to know what was the basis for the warrant, and which judge signed it, etc.

2 counts of 16-6-4
1 count of 16-6-6

No docket posting yet according to Dekalb OJS.